Bor. of Washington v. McGeorge

Citations

• 146 Pa. 248
• 23 A. 222
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 1217

Syllabus

<p>1. Tbe act of April 22, 1889, P. L. 39, “ A further supplement to an act regulating boroughs,.....authorizing the corporate authorities to levy and collect a license tax on hacks, carriages, etc., carrying persons or property for hire,” is not unconstitutional, under §§ 3, 6, article III. of the constitution.</p> <p>2. A borough ordinance passed under said act, “ to apply to all vehicles used in carrying persons or property within the borough, or between points within the borough and other points or places, whether the owner reside or the vehicles be kept within the borough or not,” is valid and enforceable.</p> <p>3. On the failure or refusal of any person, carrying persons or property for hire within the limits of a borough enacting such ordinance, to pay the license tax therein provided for, suit may properly be brought for the recovery thereof before a justice of the peace.*</p>